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No. 397,307. Patented Feb. 5, 1889'.

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NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.IOSEIII PENNEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,307, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed Tulle 1l, 1887. Serial NoA 241,057. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ z/zom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH IENNEY, ot Grand Rapids, in the county ot Kentand State of Michigan, have'invented certain Improvements in Folding' Bedsteads, of which the 't'ollowing is a specification.

The aim ot' my invention is to provide a 'folding bed which maybe cheaply constructed and easily operated, and in which the strain shall be so applied and distributed that it will not be rendered inoperative by use.

It consists in a peculiar manner of applying counterbalaneing-springs to the bed-frame, in order to admit of its being turned upward and downward with ease and ot maintaining it in its elevated position.

It further consists in various minor details of construction, which will be hereinafter described. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a top plan view ot' my bed as it appears when extended for use. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section through the middle of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line y y of the preceding figures, looking toward the head of the bed. i

Referring to the drawings, A represents the main orbase frame, which may be constructed of wood or met-al, and which consists, as shown, of two side frames or standards, a, connected by a cross-frame, b, bolted rigidly thereto at the corners. The forni oiZ this frame and the manner in which its parts are united are susceptible ot modification at will, provided only it is adapted to sustain the various parts hereinafter described.

B B represent vtwo supplemental frames or seat-sections, hinged at c to the torward corners ot the main trame A, and arranged to swing horizontally, their construction being such that when turned outward parallel with each other, as shown in Fig. l, they forni continuations ot' the side frames, and that when turned inward, as shown by dotted lines in said iigure, they meet at the inner ends and form a continuous seat across the t'ront of the folded bed from one side to the other. These folding seats are commonly made of ornamental fornl, with flat tops supported by brackets and provided with casters, whereby they are supported on 'the door and enabled to move with ease.

C represents the bed-frame proper, which may be made of wood or metal in rectangular form, with a transverse shaft or journal, d, sustained at its ends in boxes or bearings e on the upper forward corners of the trame A, this arrangement permitting the bed-frame to be turned downward to a horizontal operative position, as shown in full lines in the several figures, or of its being turned at will to a perpendicular position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In order to give the bed-traine, when extended, suitable support, and to prevent the bed as a whole from tipping forward while being extended, I arrange the seat-frames B to bear when extended beneath the bed-frame. They may bey formed in any appropriate manner to this end; but I prefer, as shown, to provide each seat-frame with a rigid bracket or arm, g, to engage directly beneath the edge of the bed-frame, as shown inthe several figures.

In order to eounterbalanee the weight of the bed-frame, I combine therewith a system of spring-actuated levers, preferably in the particular form and arrangement shown in the drawings.

h 7i represent two tubular posts erected rigidly on the rear corners ot the main frame A, and D represents the head-frame of the bed, consisting of cross-bars united at their ends to tubular sleeves or posts c', arranged to slide or telescope upon the stationary posts h, so that the head-frame as a whole may rise and fall on the posts 7L as guides. From the lower cross-bar, j, of the head-fraineI extend a series of eonneetingrods or pitnien, k, downward to the rear cross-bar, Lof the bedfra1ne. In this way the weight of the'headjfralne is applied to the bed-frame in rear of its pivot, so that it to an extent counterbalanees the outer end of the bed-frame.

\Vithin each end ot the rising and vfalling head-traine I place a vertical rod or cord, fm, fixed at its upper end to a cap, a, or otherwise fixed thereto, and extending downward through the guide-posts 7i. Attheir lower ends these rods are attached, respectively, to levers o, which are extended inward, pivoted at IOO 19 to thcI mitin frainc, and connected at their l'i'nmcnnd prt'ividod with :in ndjnstnfhlc collnr i or wnshcl', .-;,licz'\.ring' on top ot' .filit'ting-sprng', t, \\'l1ich is in tinrn scnticd in :i snitnlilo sintionnry snppm't. This spring', 2li-ting' through tho intoimcdintc connections, tcnds to pnll tho llcnild'l'ninc do\\\'11\\'nrd,sind through its pitmcn to tip tho licd-lrznno npwnrd. ,ily n propcr mljnstmcnt oli' thc spring' tht.x parts may hc so hnlatnrcd tlnit tho hcd will tnrn cnsily upward or (ltiwnn'nitl nnd rcmnin in thc position in which it muy lic` plncod. A inhlici' spring', :t spirnl spring', or :my othcr sp1-ing' ot npprovod t'orm may lic ,cmploycd, und dcvffcs ol' :my sllitnhlc chz'nnctcr muy lio nscd to ct't'cct. thc ndjnstmcnt ol its-tmision. l Vpict'cr to cmploy, hmvcvcr, :is shown, :i nnti, lli,th1'cndcd on tho rod to romprcss thc spring' V/.

'.lhc vnrions tignrcs rcprcscnt thc parts in opcrntivc position. To told thc bod, it is only ncccssnry to turn thc t'rnmc (`y npwni'd :it thc onticiI cnd nntil it :issninos :1. pcrpondionhir position, :md thcn turn thc sentirannos in- 'wni'd to thc position indicntcd hy dotted lincs.

l hnvc described nl'iovo only those pni't's which nrc csscntinl to thc stirnctni'c. lt will ot' coni'sc lic understood thnt they maybe Cov crcd or incloscd hy wood-work o1' othcrwisc trcntcd to rcndcr thcm zitti-activo or ornnmcntnl in nppiinrnncc, it' dcsirod.

I pi'cl'cr to construct tho trninc C cntircly 0f mctnl in tnhnlnr i'orm, :is shown, the dc- Yiccs Awhich form thc sidcs :ind ends hcing;4 unitcd at thc (,ornors by lips, and tho .traino ns n wholc bcingstiticncd hy trnss-rods uf, extending' lcngthwiso ovor :1nd nndcr its sido liars. ',lhcsc rods honi' :it thc middle` on thc` sprondiiig-platos i', :md nrc sccnrcd nit thcir oxtrcmitics, hy nnts o1' othcrwisc, to corncr picccs or couplings y.

Whilc l prot'cr to cmploy tho tnhnlnr posts :is `unidos ti'or thc hcrufl-trnmc nnd ns n` mcnns ot' conconling' thc vcrt icnfl rods, it, will ot oonrso hc ilmlclstioml hy thc sli'illcd mcnhnnic that cqnivnlcntsolid guides may hc cniployctfl and that thc rods orcmincctimis nmybc arranged outsidc instcnd ot' inside ot' thc gnidc.

ln :L folding;A l rci'lsti'iin'l, thc lmsc-t'rnnn--, hm7M ingl thc tnlmlnr posts 7i 71, and tho licndftfrnfnlo ,having slcovcs to slidc ovm' tho Vl)nso-ii'rnfmo posts, in combination lwith tho hod-ljrottioin ,trnimc pivotcd on journals ot.' thc lmso-trnvnie, pitmcn to ctmncct thc bod-trame with tho item1-limito, tho rods nl', conccnlcd within thc posts :ind conncifftcd to thc hcnd-trnmo, thc spring` t, monntcd in thc liaise-Finnlo, and lo- 'Vors O, conncoting thc spring' tiotho rods, Stil)- st'nntinlly :is shown sind dcscrihcd, :16nd ior thc, pnlposo sct I'orth.

JOSEPH llCNNlQY.

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